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# 8.1 Staking Tiers and Capabilities

Staking $MAICRO unlocks progressively deeper capabilities in the Strategy Builder. Tiers are tied to genuine capability expansion, not arbitrary feature paywalls. The core product is accessible without staking. Deeper configuration depth and the ATA allocation layer require skin in the game.

| Tier              | Stake Required   | Vault Fee Rebate | Base APY (fee-driven) | Capabilities Unlocked                    |
| ----------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | --------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| Analyst           | 10,000+ $MAICRO  | 0.020%           | \~5%                  | Governance vote access                   |
| Trader            | 50,000+ $MAICRO  | 0.018%           | \~10%                 | Priority vault execution                 |
| Portfolio Manager | 100,000+ $MAICRO | 0.016%           | \~15%                 | Exclusive agent pool access              |
| Fund Manager      | 200,000+ $MAICRO | 0.013%           | \~20%                 | Higher ATA allocations                   |
| CIO               | 500,000+ $MAICRO | 0.010%           | \~25%                 | First access to new agents, council seat |

#### Lockup Multipliers

Time-locked staking earns bonus APY on top of the base tier rate:

| Lockup Duration | APY Multiplier  |
| --------------- | --------------- |
| 30 days         | 1.0x (no bonus) |
| 90 days         | 1.2x            |
| 180 days        | 1.4x            |

#### Staker Yield Formula

The staker APY is fee-driven, not inflationary. It derives entirely from platform trading activity:

```
Staker_APY = (Platform_Fee_Revenue × Buyback_Rate × Staker_Share) / Total_Staked_Value
```

Where:

* `Platform_Fee_Revenue` = aggregate of all trading fees and vault performance fees generated across deployed STAs
* `Buyback_Rate` = 0.60 (60% of the 0.7% trading fee flows to buybacks)
* `Staker_Share` = 0.25 (25% of bought-back tokens are distributed to stakers; 75% are permanently burned)
* `Total_Staked_Value` = current market value of all $MAICRO in staking contracts

As platform TVL and deployed STA volume grow, fee revenue grows proportionally, increasing staker yield without any new token issuance.


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